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Title:

A LOVE LETTER TO TEXAS WOMEN

By:

Sarah Bird

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

1477309497

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9781477309490

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS

Pub. date:

5 April, 2016

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Synopsis:

What is it that distinguishes Texas women-the famous Yellow Rose and her descendants? Is it that combination of graciousness and grit that we revere in First Ladies Laura Bush and Lady Bird Johnson? The rapier-sharp wit that Ann Richards and Molly Ivins used to skewer the good ole boy establishment? The moral righteousness with which Barbara Jordan defended the US constitution? An unnatural fondness for Dr Pepper and queso?In her inimitable style, Sarah Bird pays tribute to the Texas Woman in all her glory and all her contradictions. She humorously recalls her own early bewildered attempts to understand Lone Star gals, from the big-haired, perfectly made-up ladies at the Hyde Park Beauty Salon to her intellectual, quinoa-eating roommates at Seneca House Co-op for Graduate Women. After decades of observing Texas women, Bird knows the species as few others do. A Love Letter to Texas Women is a must-have guide for newcomers to the state and the ideal gift to tell any Yellow Rose how special she is.

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15 b&w photos

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University of Texas Press

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